The Guardian August 10, 2015 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation will be celebrated on 1 September to give people opportunity to reflection upon ‘the adoption of appropriate lifestyles’ Pope Francis during a conference on Modern Slavery […]
The Conversation August 11, 2015 Australia will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030, the federal government announced today. In a press conference, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the target is “fairly and squarely in the […]
The Globe and Mail by Shawn McCarthy August 11, 2015 New Democratic Party Leader Thomas Mulcair has essentially adopted the Obama doctrine when it comes to approving new oil sands pipelines – projects would be judged based on whether they […]
The Guardian by Martin Lukacs August 11, 2015 Conservative government used public money on outreach campaign to counter criticism of controversial Alberta tar sands The Syncrude tar sands site near Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta. Photograph: David Levene/David Levene Canada’s […]
Kairos By John Dillon, Ecological Economy Program Coordinator August 04, 2015 Laudato Si (Praise Be), On Care for our Common Home, has been the most anticipated and commented upon papal encyclical in history. Writing in his straightforward style, Pope Francis […]
The New York Times by James B. Stewart August 06, 2015 A miner at a coal processing facility near Gilbert, W.Va. This year the number of coal miners in the United States dropped more than 10 percent, to just over 80,000 […]
The Guardian By Adam Vaughan August 03, 2015 Hundreds of businesses including eBay and Nestlé back federal rules to cut emissions and encourage a switch away from coal to renewable energy US President Barack Obama at a solar power kiosk […]
New Scientist By Michael Le Page July 29, 2015 2015 is shaping up to be a scorcher (Image: Mohammed Salem/Reuters) IT’S the outcome the world wants to avoid, but we are already halfway there. All but one of the main […]
Clean Energy Canada by Matthew Klippenstein July 30, 2015 Whoomp. That’s the sound of Electrifying Vehicles: Insights From The Canadian Plug-in Electric Vehicle Study landing on our desks—a massive new piece of research from British Columbia’s Simon Fraser University. The […]
National Observer by Barry Saxifrage July 22, 2015 The Alberta tar sands contain a gargantuan 170 billion barrels of oil that are economically viable to extract using today’s technology. Unfortunately, the climate pollution from extracting it all using current technology […]
Huffington Post July 22, 2015 On July 15, a state-of-the-art new pipeline near Fort McMurray, Alberta, ruptured, spilling five million litres of bitumen, sand and waste water over 16,000 square metres — one of the largest pipeline oil spills in […]
Financial Post July 22, 2015 ANZAC, Alta. — A major oil pipeline leak detected last week in northern Alberta started some time within a two-week period dating back to late June, Nexen Energy said Wednesday. Ron Bailey, the company’s senior […]
The New York Times by Gaia Pianigiani July 21, 2015 VATICAN CITY — About 60 mayors from around the world gathered here on Tuesday and pledged to combat global warming and help the poor deal with its effects, at a […]
The Guardian July 21, 2015 Leader of country’s biggest province condemns Stephen Harper ahead of elections: ‘There isn’t a collaborative process around any of this’ The leader of Canada’s biggest province has escalated her feud with the country’s prime minister, […]
CBC News July 16, 2015 Nexen Energy spill south of Fort McMurray covers about 16,000 square metres One of the largest leaks in Alberta history has spilled about five million litres of emulsion from a Nexen Energy pipeline at the […]
